Marvel's What If...? Season 3 Premiere Review

The second season of Marvel’s What If…? was truly a mixed bag, suffering from an overemphasis on Hayley Atwell’s Agent Carter and a season finale payoff that felt underwhelming at best. Fortunately, Season 3 starts off by giving us exactly what’s needed - a strong palate cleanser. It’s hard to go wrong with the giant mecha vs. kaiju formula.
Dubbed "What If... the Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?", the premiere takes place in a world where Hulk’s attempt to cure himself of his gamma affliction has major unintended consequences for humanity. Borrowing liberally from franchises like Godzilla, Pacific Rim, and Voltron, this episode ups the scope of the series considerably and allows for some truly titanic battles between radioactive super-monsters and Avengers piloting giant robo-suits. The series has always been devoted to showing us situations and plot twists that could never happen in the regular MCU. Sometimes it succeeds more than others, but this is one case where it definitely makes the most of the alternate timeline premise.